Chapter 1

It was a month after the whole incident with the kidnapping of the president's daughter. When his daughter was returned, he gave Leon a well deserved vacation for his heroics. The vacation lasted a whole month and he was given a luxurious hotel suite. Leon arrived at the suite, suitcase in hand, carrying his clothes and his prized weapon. He never went anywhere without it. With the things he's been through, He would be crazy not to. He walked into his room and smirked a bit.

"A whole lot better than my place,"

He thought as he looked around. Full furnished rooms, leather sofas, flat screen T.V. in almost every room and the best part was the view of the city. Leon smiled as he walked into the bedroom. He quickly noticed the king sized mattress, egyptian silk sheets and blankets; what more could he ask for in comfort and relaxation? Leon put his stuff down and plopped onto the bed as he sank in a little.

"Finally…..I finally get to relax. No crazy shit for a month."

Though he wondered if it would be peaceful for a month….He Had been through so much with the Los Illuminados and the Praga. Leon shivered when he thought about that. Praga was a parasite that they injected into him, hoping to control him and Ashley. Luckily, they were able to destroy the praga before it took them over, but those days are done now. No more Los illuminados, praga and...Krauser.

"Krauser..."He thought and shook his head. Leon closed his eyes and put his hand to his forehead as memories of his old comrade flooded his mind. He opened his eyes in shock to find himself touching the scar on his cheek left by his comrade's knife that he kept as a memorial. Leon shook his head once more telling himself

"Krauser is no more, he is dead now, Why am I thinking about this? I should be relaxing," Leon said, as he stood up and walked into the bathroom and began undressing. He examined himself in the mirror, only small cuts and a couple bruises cover parts of his body. Other than the gunshot scar on his lower abdomen and his new scar on his right cheek, everything looked okay. He went ahead and took his shower as if to wash away all the things he went through.

A few minutes later Leon came out in his black briefs and a towel half way around his neck while using the other half to dry his hair. He then sprawled out on one of the leather sofas. He was about to grab the remote until he heard a knock on the door.

"Funny," he said as he got up. "I didn't order any room service." he thought as he was about to open the door.

Upon opening the door, a man with a shotgun shoved him back, knowing him down before charging in with a couple other men that looked similar. They looked like professional mercenaries, wielding heavy duty weapons, sporting bulletproof vests and covert ops attire. The standard guns for hire for a professional type of business.

Leon struggled to get up,but was knocked down by the same man again. He looked up and saw a woman in a lab coat. A ginger or maybe a brunette? She looked to be about his age...Maybe older as well.

He glanced to his side and saw his gun on the then looked back and thought of his plan as she spoke, He could make it if he was fast enough.

"It's good to meet you, mister Leon. You've taken down the biggest corporations and brought them to the light, but they were just the crust of something much bigger than you could possibly comprehend. We're here to see how capable you really are against fighting zombies, especially if yo-"

Leon then leaped and grabbed his gun, he rolled over and leaped forward, pointing his gun at her throat. Icy blues staring back into hers. She smirked, as if she was impressed "Clever boy…But obviously not clever enough darling. Take him out," she said sternly. One of the mercs smacked Leon in the back of his head, knocking him out cold Before he could do anything else.

"Bag him up. I want him alive and back in the lab now!" She shouted as two of the mercs lifted the unconscious blonde. She leaned forward, hands reaching out before they gently caressed his cheeks.

"I have big plans for you Mr. Kennedy...Very big plans and I really hope you'll survive them."

She chuckled before turning around, leaving the room as the mercs followed after with their new captive.

When Leon awoke...He wasn't in his Hotel anymore.